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Prime Minister's Office
PM congratulates Lovlina Borgohain on winning Silver Medal in the Women's Boxing 75 kg category
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi congratulated Lovlina Borgohain on winning Silver Medal in the Women's Boxing 75 kg category at Asian Games.
The Prime Minister posted on X;
“Congratulations to @LovlinaBorgohai for bringing home the Silver Medal in the Women's Boxing 75 kg category.
With her exceptional display of skill and technique, she has given our nation a great reason to celebrate. May she keep soaring higher and making India proud.”
Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution
Centre’s intervention helps cool off prices of Onion and Tomato
All India Retail Price of Tomatoes drop by 29% compared to last month
Retail Price of Onion down by 9% compared to last year
2.5 lakh tons of record onion buffer stock to moderate price during lean season
The all-India retail price of tomato has registered a 29% decline over last month as market arrivals improved with the onset of monsoon rains. The retail price of onion is also largely under control at 9% below last year level.
The government has built up a reserve stock of 2.50 lakh tons of onion in current year which is the highest ever onion buffer stock procured. The procurement for the buffer has helped in preventing mandi price of onion from crashing this year despite a record production of 317.03 lakh tons reported by Department of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare.
The onion stocks from the buffer will be released in a calibrated and targeted manner during the lean months  to moderate price rise. The stocks will be released through targeted open market sales and also offered to states/UTs and government agencies for supplies through retail outlets. Open market releases will be targeted towards states/cities where prices are increasing over the previous month and also in key mandis to augment the overall availability.
Ministry of Home Affairs
Cabinet approves relaxation in educational qualification for the post of Constable to recruit native tribal youth as Constables in CRPF through recruitment rally from the interior areas of Bijapur, Dantewada and Sukma districts of Chhattisgarh State
The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has approved a proposal of the Ministry of Home Affairs to relax requisite minimum educational qualification from 10th class pass to 8th Class for the recruitment of 400 candidates as Constable  in CRPF from 03 districts of South Chattisgarh namely Bijapur, Dantewada and Sukma.
Apart from issuing advertisement in local newspapers and adopting all means for wider publicity of this rally in these interior areas of these three districts, CRPF would subsequently impart formal education during the probation period to these newly recruited trainees.
400 tribal youths from interior areas of three districts namely Bijapur, Dantewada and Sukma of Chhattisgarh State will get employment opportunities. Appropriate relaxation in physical standards for recruitment will also be given by Ministry of Home Affairs.
CRPF is one of Central Armed Police Forces, basically meant for duties like maintenance of law and order, tackling Counter Insurgency and maintaining Internal Security. In the instant case, CRPF proposes to recruit 400 native tribal youths as Constables , from the relatively backward areas of Chhattisgarh. They will be confirmed in service only after acquiring the prescribed minimum educational qualification of standard 10th pass, thus formal education will be given to these recruits and CRPF would extend all possible support like providing study material, books and coaching assistance during their probation period The probation period may be extended suitably, if required, to facilitate new recruits to acquire the prescribed education qualification. In order to facilitate them to take the 10th standard exam, these recruits will be registered with National Institute of Open Schools recognized by Central/State Govts.
CRPF during 2016-2017 had raised one Bastariya Battalion by recruiting Scheduled Tribe candidates from four districts namely, Bijapur, Dantewada, Narayanpur and Sukma of Chhattisgarh. However, it could not yield optimum results as native youths from interior areas could not compete in the recruitment process due to non- fulfilling of requisite educational qualification i.e. 10th pass.
Ministry of Defence
IAF achieves milestone in AAR on transport aircraft
An Indian Air Force Embraer transport aircraft specialised to conduct Airborne Early Warning and Control  function, successfully carried out Air to Air Refuelling , to fly a long duration flight beyond the aircraft’s stated endurance. It is also the first time that AAR has been carried out on the Embraer platform.
The “Probe and Drogue” air-to-air refuelling methodology practiced by IAF pilots requires exceptional flying skills as the receiving aircraft has to accurately insert the receptacle probe into the basket shaped drogue trailing behind the fuel tanker aircraft. During the process of Air-to-Air Refuelling both aircraft have to maintain extremely accurate flying parameters. IAF is one of the few Air Forces in the world to demonstrate this capability and the Embraer AEW&C has also proved its prowess in the category. A mere 10 minute in-flight refuelling can generate additional four hours of flying endurance. The achievement has given a tremendous boost to Indian Air Force’s operational capability.
Ministry of Agriculture &
Farmers Welfare
Secretary, Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries launches Pashu Chikitsak Mahasangh website
Secretary, Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries  Shri Tarun Shridhar inaugurated the website of Pashu Chikitsak Mahasangh namely www.pashuchikitsakmahasangh.in and dedicated it to Veterinarians of the country in New Delhi today. Shri Tarun Shridhar asked the Pashu Chikitsak Mahasangh to develop it as an effective platform for sharing of knowledge and developing a database. The Secretary stated this while addressing a seminar on 'Role of Veterinarians in doubling farmer’s income' organized by Pashu Chikitsak Mahasangh.
The Secretary agreed to constitute a committee to study the introduction of Combined Vaccine of Haemorrehagic Septicimia and Foot and Mouth Disease including representative of stakeholders. He also dealt with issue of Veterinary Council of India and assured of prompt action. Animal Husbandry Commissioner, Dr. Suresh S. Honnappagol elaborated on the schemes of DADF and the role of Veterinarians and appealed for more dedication for upliftment of farming community. He stressed on the need of Veterinarians on technical upgradation of knowledge and specialised in field of Invitro fertilisation and Embryo transfer.
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
DoPT to empower Front Line COVID-19 Warriors with first of its kind iGOT e-learning Platform
The Department of Personnel and Training, under the Government of India, launches digital platform to train all healthcare and COVID-19 warriors of India
The Department of Personnel and Training has announced the launch of a learning platform  to combat COVID 19 for all front-line workers to equip them with the training and updates in coping with Pandemic. Appropriate training will also prepare them for the subsequent stages of the pandemic. By giving COVID 19 training to other potential second line workforce, India will be better prepared for the emergent situations.
The target group is Doctors, Nurses, Paramedics, Hygiene Workers, Technicians, Auxiliary Nursing Midwives , Central & State Govt. Officers, Civil Defence Officials, various Police Organisations, National Cadet Corps , Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan , National Service Scheme , Indian Red Cross Society , Bharat Scouts & Guides  and other volunteers.
The platform delivers curated, role-specific content, to each learner at his place of work or home and to any device of his choice. iGOT platform is designed to population scale, and will provide training to around 1.50 crore workers and volunteers in the coming weeks. To begin with nine  courses on iGOT have been launched on topics like Basics of COVID, ICU Care and Ventilation Management, Clinical Management, Infection Prevention through PPE, Infection Control and Prevention, Quarantine and Isolation, Laboratory Sample Collection and Testing, Management of COVID 19 Cases, COVID 19 Training.
Through its customized approach COVID-WARRIORS can learn about critical areas from this one-stop source and respond to the prevailing and emergent situations, by keeping themselves updated in a real-time manner. The platform is well equipped to cater the demands of unlimited requests of learning at any time anywhere. The platform can be accessed by following an easy to use manual for desktop and mobile versions, thereby making it accessible for all.
The platform reflects the vision of Honorable Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi to ‘care for those who serve the nation’ and boost their morale. As a critical weapon in the arsenal of all front line COVID-19 healthcare warriors, their updated knowledge and capacity, will help them and our nation win the battle against COVID-19 Pandemic.
A version of iGOT fitted to these needs has been launched with the following URL link . The first version of the platform is available to use with Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox, and subsequent versions will support other browsers.
Ministry of Home Affairs
Liberalization of medical visa regime: facilitation by non-requirement of conversion of primary visa into medical visa when a foreigner seeks admission into a hospital owing to an illness
Some foreign nationals, who are already in India on valid visas, were facing difficulties in taking medical treatment in the event of their falling sick during their stay in India. They were being advised by some hospitals to get their visas converted into medical visas before admitting them in hospitals/medical centers.
The Government of India had already revised the procedure last year, which exempts foreigners from getting their primary visa converted into medical visa for obtaining indoor treatment up to 180 days for seeking admission in a hospital wing owing to illness. Now, the Government of India has further liberalized the Medical Visa regime and permitted foreigners to get the indoor treatment on their primary  visa even for pre-existing diseases  which the foreigner may have been suffering from even before his/her entry into India. So now:
1. A foreigner suffering from a minor medical condition, which needs only OPD consultation/treatment, may take treatment at any hospital/treatment centre on his/her primary visa.
2. I case of indoor medical treatment of less than 180 days or up to the stay stipulation period, if any, stipulated on primary visa of a foreigner or the duration of his/her primary visa, whichever is earlier, a foreigner is permitted to take such indoor medical treatment subject to certain conditions.
3. The indoor treatment may now be taken on primary  visa irrespective of the fact that the diseases, which the foreigner may have been suffering from even before his/her entry into India and even for ailments which were in his/her knowledge.
4. Treatment of diseases, which require organ transplant shall, however, be permitted only on a Medical Visa.
Ministry of Home Affairs
Union Home Minister Shri Amit Shah chairs a high level meeting on cyclone ‘VAYU’
Union Home Minister, Shri Amit Shah chaired a high level meeting here today to review the preparedness of State and Central Ministries/Agencies concerned to deal with the situation arising out of Cyclone ‘VAYU’.
India Meteorological Department  informed that Cyclone ‘VAYU’ is expected to touch Gujarat coast between Porbandar and Mahuva around Veraval & Diu region as a Severe Cyclonic Storm with wind speed 110-120 kmph gusting to 135 kmph during early morning of 13th June 2019. It is likely to cause heavy rainfall in the coastal districts of Gujarat and storm surge of height of about 1.0-1.5 meters above the astronomical tides likely to inundate the low lying coastal areas of Kutch, Devbhoomi Dwarka, Porbandar, Junagarh, Diu, Gir Somnath, Amreli and Bhavnagar districts at the time of landfall. IMD has been issuing regular bulletins since 9th April to all the concerned States.
After review Union Home Minister, Shri Amit Shah directed the senior officers to take every possible measure to ensure that people are safely evacuated and to ensure maintenance of all essential services such as Power, Telecommunications, health, drinking water etc. and that these are restored immediately in the event of damages caused to them. He also directed for 24x7 functioning of control rooms.
The meeting was attended by Union Home Secretary Shri Rajiv Gauba, Secretary Ministry of Earth Sciences, Dr. M . Rajeevan and senior officers of IMD and MHA.
Cabinet Secretary Shri P. K. Sinha has also convened the meeting of National Crisis Management Committee later today to review the preparedness of the State and Central Agencies. In this meeting Chief Secretary of Gujarat and Advisor to Administrator of Diu will also attend.
Ministry of Home Affairs is in continuous touch with the State Governments/UT and the Central Agencies concerned. NDRF has pre-positioned 26 teams equipped with boats, tree-cutters, telecom equipments etc. and moving another 10 teams as requested by State Govt. of Gujarat.
Indian Coast Guard, the Navy, Army and Air Force units have also been put on standby and surveillance aircraft and helicopters are carrying out aerial surveillance.
Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs
Telangana: The Swachhata Trailblazer
For the past nine years, the Swachh Bharat Mission has been able to draw mass public participation to realize the dream of a garbage free India. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s clarion call for swachhata was well reciprocated by the common citizens, civic bodies, towns, gram panchayats and private agencies, who have taken the ownership to create a clean India. Hon’ble Prime Minister appealed to the countrymen urging them to join in the ‘Ek Tareekh, Ek Ghanta, Ek Sath’ mass cleanliness drive to be conducted at all kinds of public places scheduled to take place at 10 am on 1st October 2023. Over 13 crore citizens have already joined Swachhata Pakhwada – Swachhata Hi Seva 2023 and engaged in the fortnight long that started from 15th September till 2ndOctober 2023- the Swachh Bharat Diwas . Telangana is making its presence felt at the Pakhwada by organizing all kinds of cleanliness and awareness drives galvanizing citizen movement for swachhata.
They carried out a mega cleanliness drive where students, young kids, youth, local residents, institutions, civic agencies and others participated in various sanitation activities and made conscious efforts to make their surrounding areas clean. Over 21 lakh citizens participated in the cleanliness drives across the State. The masses joined the shramdaan and awareness activities at public institutions, public places, market places etc. These people were actively involved in collection of plastic waste in and around villages. At the same time, they spread awareness on swachhata in rural and urban areas. They educated all about waste management, proper disposal of waste, source segregation and the principles of Refuse, Reduce and Reuse of single-use plastic and resort to its alternatives such as steel bartan banks, and bags made of jute, cotton and cloth, thus contributing their bits to not only achieve swachhata but protecting the environment as well. Citizens also took swachhata pledge, joined in swachhata rallies, formed human chains as part of awareness activities on swachhata.
As part of the Swachhata Hi Seva 2023 campaign, Telangana has so far has conducted awareness drives in 1,874 schools and colleges and 2,048 ward-level programmes on sanitation. Till now, a total of 314 GVP points out of 380 have been cleared and a separate collection system in respective GVP areas to sustain cleanliness has also been arranged. The State has vowed to convert all these 314 GVP points as IEC points. Also, 117 public parks have also been sanitised apart from 1,072 spots around community and public toilets have also been cleaned up with the help of NCC/NSS students and women SHG members. States are leaving no stone unturned to achieve the goal of garbage free cities by 2026 set under SBMU 2.0. The Jan Andolan for swachhata is just going to gain momentum from here.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
COVID-19 UPDATE
213.91 cr Total Vaccine doses  have been administered so far under Nationwide Vaccination Drive
18,81,319 doses administered in last 24 hours
India's Active caseload currently stands at 50,594
Active cases stand at 0.11%
Recovery Rate currently at 98.7%
7,094 recoveries in the last 24 hours increases Total Recoveries to 4,38,93,590
5,379 new cases recorded in the last 24 hours
Daily positivity rate 
Weekly Positivity Rate 
88.80 cr Total Tests conducted so far; 3,21,917 tests conducted in the last 24 hours
Ministry of Home Affairs
Fencing on Indo Pak Border
The total length of India-Pakistan border in Gujarat is 508 kms, out of which 340 kms only are feasible for construction of physical fencing. 280 kms of physical fencing has been completed and the target for completion of remaining 60 kms is March 2020. The 168 kms of border which is not feasible for physical fencing is being guarded by BSF through patrolling, round the clock surveillance, laying nakas and using technology etc. No infiltration has been reported from 2015 till date in this sector. The contraband activity /smuggling of weapons are also being controlled through effective domination of borders by round the clock surveillance viz., patrolling, laying nakas, manning observation posts all along the International border.
This was stated by the Minister of State for Home Affairs, Shri Kiren Rijiju in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today.
Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution
Non-Distribution of Imported Onions
Based on the direction of Government, MMTC contracted import of 41,950 metric tonnes  of onions against which 36,124 MT of import materialized. States/UTs were offered imported onions. However, as on 03.02.2020, only about 2501 MT imported onion, in total, were taken by States/ UTs that include Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Telengana, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Himachal Pradesh, Goa, Haryana, Meghalaya and Jammu & Kashmir.
This information was given in a written reply bytheMinister of State Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Shri Danve Raosaheb Dada Rao in Lok Sabha today.
Ministry of Railways
14th Foundation Day of Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India  celebrated
Minister of Railways and Commerce &Industry ShriPiyushGoyal said that DFC has the impact to transform the railways sector
The 14th Foundation Day of Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India  was celebrated at a function in New Delhi on 18th January 2020. Speaking on the occasion, Minister of Railways and Commerce & Industry Shri PiyushGoyal congratulated team DFCCIL for completing 500 km of Dedicated Freight Corridor and exhorted the team to achieve the goal of 991 km by March 2020. He said that DFC has the impact to transform the railways sector. It is necessary to have separate tracks for freight and for passengers to ensure faster movement of both. Shri PiyushGoyal said that Indian Railways should run freight trains in convoys for maximum utilisation of the path and increasing the average speed of freight trains. Just like IRCTC which pays compensation for delays in its Tejas trains, Railways freight customers should be compensated for late arrival of goods trains and emphasized for time-tabled goods train run on DFCCIL.
Shri Vinod Kumar Yadav Chairman, Railway Board and Chairman DFCCIL, enunciated that consolidation, growth and reforms are the three crucial areas which Indian Railways are working on. He said that Dedicated Freight Corridors are ushering in a paradigm change in Indian Railways and asserted that DFCCIL will play a significant role in shaping the Indian economy. He said that IR is upgrading the Railway network, especially the Delhi – Mumbai and Delhi – Howrah sectors for running faster and modern trains. He further emphasized that by having acquired 98.5 % land, DFCCIL is on the fast track for project completion.
Shri AnuragSachan, MD, DFCCIL, while addressing the gathering on this occasion profusely recognised the dynamic leadership and continuous support of Shri PiyushGoyal. He also assured that team DFCCIL will work hard to complete the project on time.
Other dignitaries present in the function were Smt. ManjulaRangarajan, Financial Commissioner, Railway Board, Shri Pradeep Kumar, Member S&T, Railway Board, Ms PinkyAnand, Additional Solicitor General. An array of senior officers from Railway Board, DFCCIL, PSUs, World Bank & JICA, and other stakeholders attended the event.
In the awards ceremony 28 individual awards and 4 Group awards were given. The running shield for the Western Corridor was given to Ajmer & Ahmedabad units jointly and for Eastern Corridor, it was given to PtDeendayalUpadhayaya  unit.
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351 km
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Partly trial runs have started on Bhadan. By FY 2019-20, the total 351 km will be commissioned
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Bhaupur - Mughalsarai
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Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
Punjabi version of ‘Age Appropriate Fitness Protocols’launched
To make people aware about the health issues and fitness mantra, Punjab Sports and NRI Affairs Minister Shri Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi today launched Punjabi version of ‘Age Appropriate Fitness Protocols’ for all age groups under fit India movement under the initiative of Sports Authority of India  and National Institute of Sports  Patiala.
During the launching ceremony here today at his official residence, Shri Rana Sodhi said that this is a great initiative of Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports  and today we are launching the Punjabi version of these protocols so that people from all walk of life could be made aware about fitness tips. These will provide vast knowledge about fitness throughout the country. He said that Fit India, as the name of the mission inspires fitness among all age groups, is a great initiative of Ministry of Sports and Sports Authority of India. He also appreciated the efforts for designing the age wise specific fitness protocols as it will help people of all ages to follow these and test their fitness levels accordingly.
The Cabinet Minister assured that he will take this movement to the masses of Punjab and this Punjabi version will help the Fit India Mission reach the masses. Punjab has always led India in sports and will take the lead in this Fitness mission . About 325 coaches and athletes of Punjab virtually joined this launching program.
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi launched these Age Appropriate Fitness Protocols on the occasion of the first anniversary of the Fit India Movement on 24th September 2020.
On this occasion Principal Secretary Sports and Youth Services K Siva Prasad, Director Sports and Youth Services Devinder Pal Singh Kharbanda, Senior Executive Director Col. R S Bishnoi and Deputy Director SAI NIS Patiala Ritu Pathik were also present on this occasion.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Update on Novel Coronavirus: third positive case reported in Kerala
Third positive case of Novel Coronavirus patient, has been reported in Kerala. The patient has a travel history from Wuhan in China.
The patient has tested positive for Novel Coronavirus and is in isolation in the hospital.
The patient is stable and is being closely monitored.